Molecular clustering physical model of steam condensation and the experimental study on the initial droplet size distribution

International Journal of Thermal Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2228-2236

  Song, Tianyi ^a,b   Lan, Zhong ^a   Ma, Xuehu ^a   Bai, Tao ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Droplet size distribution; Initial condensation stage; Lognormal distribution; Molecular clustering

Indexed keywords

DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTION; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; INITIAL CONDENSATION STAGE; LOG-NORMAL; LOGNORMAL DISTRIBUTION; MOIST AIR; MOLECULAR CLUSTERING; NUCLEATION PROCESS; PHYSICAL MODEL; PHYSICAL THEORY; STEAM CONDENSATION;

CONDENSATION; DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; DROP FORMATION; FLOCCULATION; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STEAM; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

STEAM CONDENSERS;

EID: 70349770722     PISSN: 12900729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijthermalsci.2009.05.004     Document Type: Article

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